How to install FFMpeg in WampServer 2.0 (Windows XP)

Question

I need to install the ffmpeg PHP extension on my localhost so I can test few of my scripts but I am having troubles figuring out how to do that.

I have WampServer 2.0 with PHP 5.2.9-2, my OS is Windows XP. Please somebody give me step by step instructions.

I have found some Windows builds here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg-php/files/

But I don't know which one to download and what to do with files.

EDITED:

What I have done so far:

1. Download ffmpeg_new
2. Copy php_ffmpeg.dll from the php5 folder to the C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.9-2\ext
3. Copy files from common to the windows/system32 folder
4. Add extension=php_ffmpeg.dll to php.ini file
5. Restarted all services (Apache, PHP...)

I am gettings an error after using this code:

            $extension = 'ffmpeg';
            $extension_soname = 'php_ffmpeg.dll';
            $extension_fullname = PHP_EXTENSION_DIR . "/" . $extension_soname;

            // load extension
            if(false === extension_loaded($extension)) {
                if (false === dl($extension_soname))
                    throw new Exception("Can't load extension $extension_fullname\n");
            }

The error:

Warning: dl() [function.dl]: Not supported in multithreaded Web servers - use extension=ffmpeg.dll in your php.ini in C:\wamp\www\hunnyhive\application\modules\default\controllers\MyAccountController.php on line 314

Plus I also get the exception from above.

Solution 1

add this line to your php.ini file

[PHP_ffmpeg]
extension=php_ffmpeg.dll

Solution 2

http://sergey89.ru/files/ffmpeg-php-win32-all.zip

1. unpack ffmpeg-php-win32-all.zip
2. Copying php_ffmpeg.dll to the \wamp\php4\extension\ (for php5 it's \wamp\bin\php\ext)
3. Copying avcodec.dll & avformat.dll and any other in package to the \windows\system32\
4. Editing \wamp\apache\apache2.xx\bin\php.ini - adding line extension=php_ffmpeg.dll
5. Restarting Apache.

Solution 3

Editing \wamp\apache\apache2.xx\bin\php.ini - adding line extension=php_ffmpeg.dll

INSTEAD OF

Editing \wamp\bin\php\php5.2.9\php.ini - adding line extension=php_ffmpeg.dll

Solution 4

; Whether or not to enable the dl() function.  The dl() function does NOT work
; properly in multithreaded servers, such as IIS or Zeus, and is automatically
; disabled on them.
; http://php.net/enable-dl
enable_dl = Off

These are the lines in php.ini. Make sure that enable_dl is turned off. After that you will not get error.

Solution 5

Doesn't look like the problem is with ffmpeg... the warning is about the use of the dl function. Multi-threaded PHP does not support dynamic loading of any PHP extension, so you'll need to make sure the .dll file for it is placed wherever the rest of your php modules live.

What you really need to figure out is why the extension doesn't load despite the fact you've got the "extension=php_ffmpeg.dll" directive in your php.ini. Usually you can see any startup errors in your apache error log (such as PHP saying it can't load a library). Also, have you taken a look at a phpinfo() and verified ffmpeg isn't present (shouldn't be since the extension_loaded returns false), but perhaps it's there under a different name (you could also use get_loaded_extensions() I suppose).

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Comments

[Richard Knop]

I have done that and also added extension=php_ffmpeg.dll to php.ini. But it still doesn't work, I'm going to edit my first post to contain error message.

[Richard Knop]

I have checked the phpinfo() and the ffmpeg isn't there, so it's not loaded even though the dll file is in correct folder and it is enabled in php.ini. There is nothing in Apache error logs related to this problem but PHP error logs are full of the error message from my first post.

[Richard Knop]

I have a feeling the problem is with the dll file, maybe it's compiled for older version of PHP? But I haven't found any other ffmpeg Windows builds on the Internet.

[Ian Selby]

Yeah, I've personally never installed FFMPEG on anything but Ubuntu boxes... if I had a windows box to test on I'd give it a whack, but I dunno what else to tell you other than try to build it yourself :)

[shasi kanth]

You may also need to enable the extension: php_gd2.dll;

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